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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2020
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Paul X. Wang, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ryan P. Brooks, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Pol Pla I Conesa, Belmont, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Controller devices can provide a user with multiple modes of operation. For example, the user can hold and operate the controller device in a first orientation for control of a first device and/or first mode of a device (e.g., media player), and the user can hold and operate the controller device in a second orientation for control of a second device and/or second mode of a device (e.g., gaming device). Features can be selectively stowed and deployed to facilitate user operation in the different modes. By further example, a controller device can be separated into segments to allow multiple users to hold and provide inputs with corresponding segments.